Held at the Permaculture Research Institute, the Permaculture Design Certificate course is an internationally recognized training course resulting in a Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC).

It provides an introduction to permaculture design as set forth by movement founder Bill Mollison. The course is taught by Geoff and Nadia Lawton, and other permaculture educators. Paul Taylor is one of those educators and is teaching the basics of soil biology with an emphasis on creating compost and compost tea.